Do you know where this is?

This week's photo is a graphic reminder, both of Worcester's thriving industrial past and the price paid by the environment for that success.

In 1953, the date of this photo, before strict rules about emissions changed the look of those byproducts of the manufacturing process, this plant was probably at the height of its success — one of many Worcester manufacturers that would gain a worldwide reputation.

The company was successful enough that it established plants outside Worcester as well, and yet this company maintained its presence in the city, acquiring parcel after parcel of what was once a residential neighborhood to expand its parking for the many workers that made their livings there.

So numerous were Worcester's factories that it hardly gives the game away to say that this factory was fueled by the military industry, as were many in Worcester.

At the time this photo was taken, this Worcester institution was still just that — not yet acquired by an outside investor or another manufacturer. It was then, as it had been for 70 years, a Worcester born and bred company.

Started — as many other such companies were — by Worcester residents who sprang from the fertile soil of industry and technical education in the city, this company employed thousands of Worcester-area residents (mostly men) in the early days.

The parking area in this photo was new, to accommodate a growing workforce.

As such, it was a valued anchor for the city's economy — one that would, eventually, see change when it was acquired in the 1990s by another company.

Hint: This company took its name from its founders, themselves the children of other Worcester industrialists.